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· 8/14/1996

United States v. Arturo Gonzalez and Ricardo Ramirez

Citations

  • 93 F.3d 311
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 20402
  • 1996 WL 467308

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that government’s concession that defendant’s conduct did not constitute “use” of a firearm does not obviate the need for independent review on appeal
  • noting that government's concession that defendant's conduct did not constitute \use\ of a firearm does not obviate the need for independent review on appeal
  • permitting retrial where the Supreme Court abrogated the Seventh Circuit’s definition of “use” for a drug offense after trial
  • proof at trial rendered insufficient because of intervening Supreme Court decision in Bailey, 516 U.S. 137
  • “Because there is independent corroborating evidence of the guilt [of the defendants], there is no reasonable probability that the result of the trial would have been different had the undisclosed impeachment material been disclosed prior to trial.”

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Judges: Flaum, Posner, Ripple

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